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    The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will transition online from 2017 to 2019, with 10% of schools online in 2017 and all schools required to be online by 2019. As part of the transition, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has researched using automated essay scoring (AES) for NAPLAN Online writing tasks. AES uses computer algorithms trained on thousands of student essays previously scored by humans to score essays based on the same NAPLAN criteria as human markers. ACARA's research shows AES scores are comparable to those from human markers on actual NAPLAN writing tests.

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    The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will transition online from 2017 to 2019, with 10% of schools online in 2017 and all schools required to be online by 2019. As part of the transition, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has researched using automated essay scoring (AES) for NAPLAN Online writing tasks. AES uses computer algorithms trained on thousands of student essays previously scored by humans to score essays based on the same NAPLAN criteria as human markers. ACARA's research shows AES scores are comparable to those from human markers on actual NAPLAN writing tests.

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    The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will transition online from 2017 to 2019, with 10% of schools online in 2017 and all schools required to be online by 2019. As part of the transition, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has researched using automated essay scoring (AES) for NAPLAN Online writing tasks. AES uses computer algorithms trained on thousands of student essays previously scored by humans to score essays based on the same NAPLAN criteria as human markers. ACARA's research shows AES scores are comparable to those from human markers on actual NAPLAN writing tests.

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    Automated essay scoring

    December 2016

    Background

    The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) will move online
    from 2017, over a three-year period. Around 10 per cent of Australian schools will be
    conducting NAPLAN online in 2017, with increasingly more schools online in 2018, and all
    schools to be online by 2019.
    As a part of the move to NAPLAN online, ACARA has been researching the use of automated
    essay scoring (AES) for NAPLAN Online writing.
    Automated marking enables faster turnaround of results and allows teachers and schools to
    respond to identified student learning needs more quickly.
    ACARA’s research demonstrates comparable scores between AES and human markers on actual
    NAPLAN writing tests.

    General FAQs
    What is automated essay scoring? How does automated essay
    Automated essay scoring (AES) uses scoring work?
    computer algorithms that are designed to The AES system marks writing tests using the
    mirror human scoring. The computer same NAPLAN marking criteria used by human
    program is trained to score characteristics of markers. The AES system is trained using more
    writing – such as fluency, grammar, than 1,000 NAPLAN writing tests scored by
    construction – in the NAPLAN marking human markers. It is trained to apply the marking
    guide. These characteristics are taken from criteria to a broad range of narrative and
    essays and linked with essay scores based persuasive writing tasks. AES systems can mark
    on a sample of essays previously marked by thousands of essays consistently, reliably and
    human markers. In effect, the computer quickly. If the AES system cannot score a piece of
    models the decisions of expert human writing, it will ‘red flag’ it and a human marker will
    markers. score the essay.

    Why is it used? How do we know that a computer can


    Automated scoring is as reliable as human mark as reliably as a human marker?
    markers. It enables faster turnaround of ACARA has undertaken research reviews
    results, allowing the results to get back to and studies that prove: for NAPLAN writing
    students, parents and teachers within weeks tests, automated essay scoring achieves
    instead of months. This will help teachers scores comparable to human markers
    and schools to respond more quickly to scoring. These findings mirror numerous
    identified student learning needs. studies on automated essays scoring in
    Australia and internationally.
    How can a computer interpret the
    characteristics of language? Part of the training of the system also
    includes its ability to recognise a sample of
    The AES system is trained using samples of essays specifically designed to ‘fool’ the
    students’ writing. The system is trained to engine.
    score students' responses to multiple tasks
    within a particular genre (persuasive or How will ACARA ensure that marking
    narrative). Any writing the AES system is fair for all students?
    cannot score is flagged for checking by an
    experienced human marker. The AES is being trained using more than
    1,000 scripts that have already been
    Will the use of AES affect features of marked by expert human markers. In 2017,
    student writing and writing instruction? all NAPLAN Online writing tests will be
    double-marked by both the AES system
    No. NAPLAN assessments are aligned to the and human markers, with any differences
    Australian Curriculum. The marking criteria resolved by a human marker.
    for NAPLAN reflect the expectations of the
    curriculum.

    Comparing human-trained automated systems with expert human markers

    For more information, email: [email protected]

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